Bale-tie buckle.



R. L. HORSLEY.

BALE TIE BUCKLE.

APPucATloN man luLY n. Isls.

Patented July 25, 1916.

1 l I l l l l I Il ROBERT L. HORS'LEY, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR TO COlVIlEtESS` BUCKL COMPANY, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, A CORPORATION OF TEXAS.

BALE-TIE BUCKLE.

5 of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bale-Tie Buckles,

of which the following is a specification.l

My invention relates to bale tie buckles and more particularly to buckles for secur- Vlo inglties or bands on bales of cotton; and the object is to provide buckles or tie-securing devices which can be placed on the bands easily and with great rapidity and which can be used to bind the cotton bales as they 15 are ginned and then used again at the compresses where the bales are compressed.4

Many buckles can be used only once.

The object of this invention is to produce a buckle which is easily and quickly put on 20 and which will maintain its form so that it can be used at the compresses.

Other objects and advantages will be fully explained in the following description, and the invention will be more particularly 25 pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the buckle. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is similar to Fig. l, but showing a variation in the closed end of the buckle. Fig. 4 is a front view of a buckle which is a slight variation from the previous buckle shown. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the buckle, showing a variation in the bottom or open end of the buckle. Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a buckle which is a slight variation from the buckles previously shown. Fig. 7 shows the same buckle applied to a bale tie. Fig. 8 is a bottom view of the same.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

The buckle herein shown consists of a single piece of steel wire bent into a form substantially quadrangular, having a band engaging end l and side bars 2 and 3 and having the two ends terminate with hooksl or bars 4 and 5 which together constitute a band engaging member and form the open' end of the buckle for receiving the tie or band. The side members 2 and 3 converge toward the open end and stand closer together before the band is put on than they do after the band is put on, these bars be- Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented `July 25, 1916.

Appli-cation led July 17, 1915,; Serial No. 40,349.

ing automatically spread bythe band to allow the band to come down and engage the hooks 4 and 5. The dotted outline in Figs. l and 3 shows the position ofthe band before the band is forced down to the members 4 5.' The members 4 and 5 may be turned outwardly, as shown in Figs. I and 8, so that the band can-be inserted in the buckle. `Another object in 'converging the members 2 and 3 toward the open Vend is to provide a` clamping tension in these members which will tend to hol'd'them in engagement with the band. kThe bars 4 and v5 are inclined upwardly so that the tips of these members will engage the bale band at their lo ends so that there will behpointedl frictional Y engagement with the band.A This frictional contact and the tension ofthe side members will prevent the slipping of the bale band on the buckle. The upper corners 6 are curved for the purposeof stretching a portion of the bale band which engages the end member 1. By stretching a portion of the engaging portion of the band, the band is prevented from slipping or creeping on the buckle. A part of the end of the buckle may be made straight, as shown at 7, for the purpose of relieving to some extent the pressure at 6 to prevent the parts of the buckle at 8 from shearing the band. The terminals 4 and 5 may be cut at right angles to the length of the wire, as shown in Figs. l, 3, and 4, or they may be cut beveled, as shown in Fig. 5, so that the ends 4 and 5 will not have to be sprung so much to receive the band.

The buckle may have the closed end provided with an inward bend to provide a means for bending or stretching the band midway between the edges for the purpose of preventing the band from creeping or slipping on the buckle. See Fig. 4 which shows an inward bend 9 for indenting the band intermediate the sides thereof when the strain comes on the band, caused bythe expansion of the bale. f l

One obj ect in having the upper corners, as at 6, curved, is to make provision for slightly rotating or turning the buckle in the plane of the band to receive the band. When once'.

the band is within the buckle, the buckle justing the buckle to the band and the 171 closed end l0 provides a more gradual bend for engaging the tie or band.

In use the band will be crimped or stretched at the sides, as at ll, by the buckle when the bale expands so that the buckle` will not slip on the band.

One of the principal objects is to make a simple buckle which will prevent the band from slipping on the buckle which obj ect is accomplished by the'clamping of the band bythe side bars and by stretching portions .of the band by the engaging portions of the buckle.

What I claim, is,-

l.V A bale'tie buckle constructed of a single piece of steel Wire having an open end and a closed end forming the band engaging members and side bars extending from said closed end to the open end and said open end being formed by bending the terminals of said Wire at acute angles to the side barsso that said terminals Willv be inclined toward the closed end and terminating in close proximity to each other.

2. A bale tie buckle constructed of a single piece of steel Wire having a closed end and an open end and side bars leading from said closed end to said open end and said open end being formed by bending said Wire at acute angles to said side bars and said bent portions terminating in close proximity to each other to form frictional points to engage the bale tie intermediate the edges thereof.

3. A bale tie buckle constructed of a single piece of steel Wire and comprising an open end and a closed end forming the band engaging members and side bars extending from said closed end and converging toward said open end for clamping the sides of the band and having the terminals thereof bent Vat angles thereto to form lsaid open end with frictional contact points to engage the band intermediate the edges thereof when strain comes upon the band.

In testimony whereof, I set myy hand this 30th day of June, 1915. v y

ROBERT L. HGRSLEY.

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' Washington, D. C. 

